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For hazard risk, North Glenora gets an A+

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Edmonton

Radon is lower than usual: 1.4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for North Glenora.

Trips to work from North Glenora are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average

Violent crime weighs more where North Glenora is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 128

The index for the force that serves it came to 110, near Alberta’s towns (110) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. North Glenora doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Edmonton service area.

Measured against local pay, North Glenora costs more to live in than 78% of Canadian towns

Owners make up 65% of households. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 22% of households, above Alberta’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Edmonton metro area as a whole, not for North Glenora alone.

The schools around North Glenora answer to 7 boards

Results are mixed: 14 of 38 schools above the middle in Alberta, 15 below it. Ross Sheppard School is the biggest, at 2,364 students. Of the 53, 2 teach in French (2% of schools in Alberta). Counting a 3 km margin, North Glenora has 22 elementary schools, 15 secondary schools and 16 schools for every grade, for 19,558 students.

51% of adults around North Glenora rate their health very good or excellent

A baby born in the region can expect 81.2 years, 83.6 for a girl and 78.8 for a boy (2022/2024). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.8 km from the average resident of North Glenora, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. A pharmacy is nearer: 0.5 km on average, with 16 within 3 km of the typical home.

Dry weather: only 423 mm of rain and snow a year falls on North Glenora, less than on 90% of Canadian towns

Summer highs average 23.5°C in July, about level with Alberta’s towns (23.5°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). July is the wettest month, with 83 mm of rain and snow on average. Gardeners get 141 frost-free days, from 7 May to 25 September. Most of the snow comes in January, about 26 cm.

Children make up 19% of North Glenora, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 7% of residents, higher than both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). People 65 and over make up 17% of the town.

What November brings in North Glenora: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

Expect around 20 cm of snow in November. The month after, December, normally sees −5°C afternoons and −13°C nights. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 18 mm. The year peaks in July (24°C) and bottoms out in January (−15°C).

Edmonton Centre, which takes in North Glenora, is held by Eleanor Olszewski (Liberal Party of Canada)

North Glenora’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.

The nearest public library to North Glenora is Edmonton Public Library Woodcroft (Westmount) Branch, 1.3 km away

Edmonton Library serves the whole of Edmonton, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 972,223 people, North Glenora among them.

North Glenora is 39 km from Elk Island National Park

The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 6.9 km from the edge of town. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw.

66% of North Glenora’s homes were built before 1961